Trishuli (Nuwakot), Oct 29: Road connecting Raisingh of Bidur municipality of Nuwakot district to Khaniyabas of Dhading district via Myagung rural municipality would be blacktopped.
Chief Minister of Bagmati Province,
Bahadur Singh Lama (Tamang) amidst a programme inaugurated the blacktopping
task. It is going to be blacktopped 20 years after the opening the track.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister
expressed the belief that the blacktopping task would connect rural areas of
the two districts as well as contribute to strengthen economy through marketing
of the agriculture products.
Out of 10-kilometer road from
Raisingh to Gogane, four kilometer would be blacktopped in the current fiscal
year and the remaining six kilometers from Gogane to Khaniyabas in coming
fiscal year, he added.
The four-kilometer road is going to
be blacktopped at a cost of Rs 146.1 million. The construction company has got
responsibility to compete the four-kilometre road within 18 months.
Officiating Chief at the
Infrastructure Development Office, Roshan Pathak, said Rs 80 million budget has
been allocated in the current fiscal year and the remaining amount would be
allocated in coming fiscal year as it is multi-year contract.
More than 50,000 locals of two
districts would be directly benefitted from the blacktopping of the road, said
Mayor of Bidur municipality, Rajan Shrestha. (RSS)